Kennedy: "There were a lot of years that I was trying to do things that other people wanted me to do. But you have to follow your heart. Believe that you have a unique group of talents and abilities that are going to allow you to accomplish something in an area that interests you. Work at that and try to make some kind of contribution to your community."

Kennedy: "I always knew that I was going be an environmental advocate when I was very young."

Kennedy: "Our landscapes connect us to our history; they are the source of our character as a people, as well as our health, our safety, and our prosperity. Natural resources enrich us economically, yes. But they also enrich us aesthetically and recreationally and culturally and spiritually."

Kennedy: "Democracy is messy, and it's hard. It's never easy."

Kennedy: "There is abundant science out there that connects mercury exposure in vaccines to not only autism, but to ASD, to SIDS, to ADD, ADHD, language tics - which is like Tourette Syndrome - OCD, asthma, food allergies, and diabetes."

Kennedy: "I'm comfortable reading science and dissecting it and discerning the difference between junk science and real science."

Kennedy: "My father thought of America as the last best hope for humanity. He believed we had a historical mission to be a paragon to the rest of the world, to be about what human beings can accomplish if they work together and maintain their focus."

Kennedy: "The devolution of the American press began in 1986 when Ronald Reagan abolished the fairness doctrine."

Kennedy: "I always saw pollution as theft, and I always thought, 'Why should somebody be able to pollute the air, which belongs to all of us, or destroy a river or a waterway, which is supposed to belong to the whole community?'"